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kitten w/ feline asthma
i posted this in alt.cats before i saw this group which is probably more
appropriate. sorry in advance for the cross post... we are in the process of adopting a kitten that was picked up as a stray with his three other brothers. we were told that they were in pretty bad shape when the shelter got them. among being pumped full of antibiotics all four had serious eye infections to the point that the one kitten lost an eye (he has been adopted by his foster parent). we are a tad bit concerned because the kitten we want to adopt has a slight wheezing sound when he breathes & purrs. according to the adoption counselor he has always sounded like that. the kittens are to be neutered tomorrow at which point they are going to find out if he has a cold or has some other respriratory "thing" such as asthma (which the adoption counselor mentioned). i've looked on the internet at what would make a cat continuously wheeze and i doubt it is something infectious since his brothers are fine. if it it asthma could anyone tell me what sort of costs im looking at down the road? anyone he seems healthy otherwise and i actually didn't notice the wheezing, my partner did. he does have an extremely small & pointed face (sort of reminds me of an alien head!) thanks for your time! |
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 19:31:40 -0400, "neters"
wrote: i posted this in alt.cats before i saw this group which is probably more appropriate. sorry in advance for the cross post... we are in the process of adopting a kitten that was picked up as a stray with his three other brothers. we were told that they were in pretty bad shape when the shelter got them. among being pumped full of antibiotics all four had serious eye infections to the point that the one kitten lost an eye (he has been adopted by his foster parent). we are a tad bit concerned because the kitten we want to adopt has a slight wheezing sound when he breathes & purrs. according to the adoption counselor he has always sounded like that. the kittens are to be neutered tomorrow at which point they are going to find out if he has a cold or has some other respriratory "thing" such as asthma (which the adoption counselor mentioned). i've looked on the internet at what would make a cat continuously wheeze and i doubt it is something infectious since his brothers are fine. if it it asthma could anyone tell me what sort of costs im looking at down the road? anyone he seems healthy otherwise and i actually didn't notice the wheezing, my partner did. he does have an extremely small & pointed face (sort of reminds me of an alien head!) thanks for your time! Well one of mine has asthma. Her symptoms were more of a nagging frequent cough rather than wheezing. I never really heard her wheeze. Dr. gave me a 2 week taper of prednisone and she has never had a problem since and that was over a year ago. She told me after the 2 week taper monitor her closely and if her coughing started again she would probably need prednisone as a maintenance thing. Luckily it was just what she needed and hopefully it will not recur |
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 19:31:40 -0400, "neters"
wrote: i posted this in alt.cats before i saw this group which is probably more appropriate. sorry in advance for the cross post... we are in the process of adopting a kitten that was picked up as a stray with his three other brothers. we were told that they were in pretty bad shape when the shelter got them. among being pumped full of antibiotics all four had serious eye infections to the point that the one kitten lost an eye (he has been adopted by his foster parent). we are a tad bit concerned because the kitten we want to adopt has a slight wheezing sound when he breathes & purrs. according to the adoption counselor he has always sounded like that. the kittens are to be neutered tomorrow at which point they are going to find out if he has a cold or has some other respriratory "thing" such as asthma (which the adoption counselor mentioned). i've looked on the internet at what would make a cat continuously wheeze and i doubt it is something infectious since his brothers are fine. if it it asthma could anyone tell me what sort of costs im looking at down the road? anyone he seems healthy otherwise and i actually didn't notice the wheezing, my partner did. he does have an extremely small & pointed face (sort of reminds me of an alien head!) thanks for your time! Well one of mine has asthma. Her symptoms were more of a nagging frequent cough rather than wheezing. I never really heard her wheeze. Dr. gave me a 2 week taper of prednisone and she has never had a problem since and that was over a year ago. She told me after the 2 week taper monitor her closely and if her coughing started again she would probably need prednisone as a maintenance thing. Luckily it was just what she needed and hopefully it will not recur |
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 19:31:40 -0400, "neters"
wrote: i posted this in alt.cats before i saw this group which is probably more appropriate. sorry in advance for the cross post... we are in the process of adopting a kitten that was picked up as a stray with his three other brothers. we were told that they were in pretty bad shape when the shelter got them. among being pumped full of antibiotics all four had serious eye infections to the point that the one kitten lost an eye (he has been adopted by his foster parent). we are a tad bit concerned because the kitten we want to adopt has a slight wheezing sound when he breathes & purrs. according to the adoption counselor he has always sounded like that. the kittens are to be neutered tomorrow at which point they are going to find out if he has a cold or has some other respriratory "thing" such as asthma (which the adoption counselor mentioned). i've looked on the internet at what would make a cat continuously wheeze and i doubt it is something infectious since his brothers are fine. if it it asthma could anyone tell me what sort of costs im looking at down the road? anyone he seems healthy otherwise and i actually didn't notice the wheezing, my partner did. he does have an extremely small & pointed face (sort of reminds me of an alien head!) thanks for your time! I have two cats with asthma, and use both treatments mentioned in the other posts. If it is, indeed, asthma (could also be other things), asthma can be controlled and I would not say it is a very expensive thing to do. The inhaler equiment and inhaler is not that expensive (less than $25 or so), and Prednisone, especially if you have the vet write a prescription and get it at a local pharmacy, is very affordable. The only major expenses would come in if the cat has severe asthma attacks and needs oxygen and injections at an emergency hospital (and this has only happened twice with one of my cats). So I would not let the possibility of asthma keep you from adopting this little one. Best of luck, Ginger-lyn |
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 19:31:40 -0400, "neters"
wrote: i posted this in alt.cats before i saw this group which is probably more appropriate. sorry in advance for the cross post... we are in the process of adopting a kitten that was picked up as a stray with his three other brothers. we were told that they were in pretty bad shape when the shelter got them. among being pumped full of antibiotics all four had serious eye infections to the point that the one kitten lost an eye (he has been adopted by his foster parent). we are a tad bit concerned because the kitten we want to adopt has a slight wheezing sound when he breathes & purrs. according to the adoption counselor he has always sounded like that. the kittens are to be neutered tomorrow at which point they are going to find out if he has a cold or has some other respriratory "thing" such as asthma (which the adoption counselor mentioned). i've looked on the internet at what would make a cat continuously wheeze and i doubt it is something infectious since his brothers are fine. if it it asthma could anyone tell me what sort of costs im looking at down the road? anyone he seems healthy otherwise and i actually didn't notice the wheezing, my partner did. he does have an extremely small & pointed face (sort of reminds me of an alien head!) thanks for your time! I have two cats with asthma, and use both treatments mentioned in the other posts. If it is, indeed, asthma (could also be other things), asthma can be controlled and I would not say it is a very expensive thing to do. The inhaler equiment and inhaler is not that expensive (less than $25 or so), and Prednisone, especially if you have the vet write a prescription and get it at a local pharmacy, is very affordable. The only major expenses would come in if the cat has severe asthma attacks and needs oxygen and injections at an emergency hospital (and this has only happened twice with one of my cats). So I would not let the possibility of asthma keep you from adopting this little one. Best of luck, Ginger-lyn |
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